Three hundred and twenty-three (323) Native American artifacts, including Abel Site, Florida fish net fragment. 1st item: Abel Site, Florida century plant or yucca charred fish net fragment. Museum accession number and handwritten attribution note, en verso. Housed under glass in an oval metal frame. Fragment – 2 3/4" H x 1 7/8" W. Framed […]
Lot 284: 83 Native American Carved Stone & Flint Artifacts
Eighty-three (83) Pre-Columbian Native American carved stone and flint artifacts including arrowheads, points, scrapers, and other tools. Ranging in size from 1 1/8" L x 7/8" W to 5 7/8" L x 2 3/4" W. Provenance: Collection of Benjamin Dysart, Brentwood, TN. Note: Items picked up by consignor's father and grandfather. According to oral history […]
Lot 280: Quapaw Mississippian Culture Polychrome Jar
Native American Quapaw Mississippian Culture polychrome pottery jar with red and white swirl designs to rounded body, red and white stripes to neck to slightly flared lip, rounded base. Museum accession number to base. 7" H x 7 1/2" dia. 800-1600 AD. Provenance: Consignor inherited from the estate of Dr. Joseph Stickley of Chattanooga, TN […]
Lot 281: 2 Mississippian Culture Pottery Jars
Two (2) Native American Mississippian Culture pottery jars. 1st item: Grey ware pottery jar with incised geometric decorations to bulbous body, conical neck, flared lip, round base. 9" H x 6 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Buff ware with red slip pottery jar having a bulbous body, flared neck, and round base. 7 1/2" H x […]
Lot 282: 15 Native American Stone Artifacts, incl. Discoidals
Fifteen (15) Native American Stone Artifacts, including discoidals, axe heads, game balls. 1st item: Castilian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee single cup style discoidal carved from light brown granite. Attribution inscription with accession numbers, obverse, old sticker label, reverse. 1 3/4" H x 5 3/8" dia. 2nd-11th items: Ten (10) stone axe heads, including one (1) […]
Lot 277: 4 Native American Pottery Items, incl. Nellie Nampeyo
Four (4) Native American pottery items. 1st item: Native American Hopi polychrome pottery bowl with painted migration design by Nellie Nampeyo Douma (1896-1978). Signed on the base. 2 3/4" H x 5 1/4" dia. 1st half 20th century. 2nd item: Native American, possibly Santo Domingo, handled pottery bowl with painted designs of corn and flowering […]
Lot 278: 4 Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery Items & 1 Navajo Pottery Item
Collection of Southwest Pueblo pottery including a signed Elizabeth Naranjo wedding vase with incised decoration, a signed brownware low bowl with feather design signed "Mary Santa Clara Dae" on the base, Myra Sisneros signed blackware bowl with bear claw design, blackware vase with incised paw design signed "Madeline Tafoya, Santa Clara Pottery" on the base […]
Lot 279: 2 Mississippian Culture Arkansas Pottery Vessels, incl. Human Effigy
Two (2) Native American Mississippian Culture Arkansas pottery vessels, including Caddo human effigy. 1st item: Caddo grey ware human effigy jar with four human faces applied to top of rounded body below conical neck with flared lip, rounded base. Museum accession numbers to base. 9 1/4" H x 7 3/4" dia. 2nd item: Small grey […]
Lot 274: Native American Navajo Eye Dazzler Rug
Native American Navajo Eyedazzler rug, woven in colors of brown, cream, and tan, circa 1970s. 66" x 32 1/2". Provenance: Estate of Celia (Cece) Webb, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with wear and old repairs to the short edges.
Lot 275: 3 Native American Weavings, incl. Nellie Tsosie
Three (3) Native American Weavings, including Nellie Tsosie. 1st item: Navajo Yei rug woven by Nellie Tsosie, woven in colors of black, blue, grey, red, rust, orange, brown and purple. 31 5/8 x 41" W. 20th century. Note: Photo of Tsosie holding rug included. 2nd & 3rd items: Two (2) Twining Weavers, New Mexico wool […]